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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTANCriminal Appellate JurisdictionCriminal Appeal No. 11 of 1978Zulfikar Ali BhuttoSon of Sir Shah Nawaz BhuttoDistrict Jail Rawalpindi ………………………………………. AppellantVersusThe State.……………………………………………………….. RespondentThe undersigned Appellant respectfully submits:1. That during the pendency of the present Appeal and while it was beingheard before this Honorable Court, the Government of Pakistan has come outwith two White Papers, one on the alleged rigging of elections in March 1977,and the other on the alleged misuse of the news media during the tenure of myGovernment. Obviously the time for publicising the false, fabricated andmalicious allegations contained in these two White Papers has been deliberatelychosen and is a calculated attempt to prejudice man-kind against me and toprejudice the hearing of my case. The second White Paper on the media, whichwas issued on 28 August 1978, was in fact printed on 25 March 1978, as wouldappear from the printing date on the front page and the cover, on which anotherdate was superimposed.2. That I am confined in a death cell and have no access to the materialneeded for effectively refuting the false and scandalous allegations in these“White Papers.” But nevertheless, with all my limitations, I have attempted areply to the same in the following paragraphs to keep the record straight, and forsuch action as this Honorable Court deems fit in the interest of Justice.If I am Assassinated; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 3
Introduction“More than My Life Is At Stake”Five OmensRao Abdur Rashid, a former Directorof the Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan, hasreported to the Supreme Court of Pakistanthat Brigadier Abdul Naeem, a trustedmember of the military group which rulesPakistan had the following conversation withhim one day about Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,President and Prime Minister of Pakistanuntil he was deposed in a military coup, putinto jail and sentenced to death:Brigadier Abdul Naeem: “Do youthink that the army can afford to see Mr.Bhutto back in power?”Rao Abdur Rashid, a trusted SpecialSecretary to Bhutto, keeps a discreet silence.Brigadier Naeem answers his own question and says:“Obviously it can’t”.Before departing, Brigadier Naeem advises Rao Abdur Rashid:“Please cooperate with the army”.This conversation sums up the dire threat that hangs on the head of Mr.Bhutto “in this narrow, dark, sinking death cell, where I am confined 22 or 23hours every day.” This is how Bhutto describes what has been his residence foralmost a year in the District Jail, Rawalpindi.Bhutto has appealed to the Supreme Court against the death sentencepassed on him by the Lahore High Court on an allegedly political murder underhis instructions when he was in power. The Supreme Court has concluded thehearings and reserved judgment.If I am Assassinated; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 4
Page 3: Table of ContentesPage NumberIn The
Page 9 and 10: turn to, if at all they wish to put
Page 11: The fifth and final omen is being e
Page 17 and 18: will continue to take its toll, and
Page 19 and 20: which made the explosion so devasta
Page 21 and 22: (though he hints at a Middle Easter
Page 23 and 24: safeguards on the plant. Within the
Page 25 and 26: have won the election. He also succ
Page 27 and 28: In looking forward to Bhutto’s co
Page 29 and 30: (i) The Pakistan army is largely a
Page 31 and 32: 1. White Paper or White Lies?The Ju
Page 33 and 34: The timing is intriguing. I ask aga
Page 35 and 36: In view of what I have said above,
Page 37 and 38: 2. MisrepresentationThe compilers o
Page 39 and 40: prejudice the mind of the reader ag
Page 41 and 42: Not one of those documents has been
Page 43 and 44: the eight week period fixed for ele
Page 45 and 46: officers is coming and blocking the
Page 47 and 48: army was thus once again called out
Page 49 and 50: Paper. This was my litmus test, the
Page 51 and 52: however, in no way indicates that m
Page 53 and 54: Disqualification TribunalsIn one of
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Convention Muslim League, he is kno
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perhaps provided in the White Paper
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4. The Election CommissionAn excess
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If the Chief Election Commissioner
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igging, was released. Although it r
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A White Paper on elections comes sq
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‘The Prime Minister was pleased t
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Attorney General and Chairman of th
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It is the legitimate function of po
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How is the unnecessary complication
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not want to appear to favour any on
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5. The Government MachineThe White
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servants to be unavailable and henc
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“The Intelligence Bureau was used
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murderer and a terrible person. In
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(e) There are four major power bloc
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Khan. He started to reflect. For a
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Rao Abdur Rashid was Inspector Gene
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neutrality. If it cannot take even
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proposals. If this so-called Model
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The regime has a soft spot for the
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the Punjab, the Secretary-General o
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For instance on page 77 it states:
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educing things to writing. Even a M
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along with detailed assessment repo
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(d) I wanted to give the history of
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He has waited all these months to f
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province of Sindh. Needless to say,
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and Gulam Hussain and others becaus
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Chief Secretary energetically denie
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Achakzai. It was pointless telling
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PakhtoonkhwaOn page 358 it is repor
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Here we have the word of Chief Secr
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egard as their spiritual leader, an
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son did forty years later in March
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informed me that during elections,
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March 1977.” It has clearly selec
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8. The Inner CancerIn applying one
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The only political party that falls
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The Army in PoliticsI know return t
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I am saying this in very simple and
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in Parliament and not by an individ
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the third against France in 1870-71
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illegal and unconstitutional action
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(a) Pakistan-Afghanistan relationsT
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valuable time of the conference as
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(i) Mr. Vajpai’s visit to Pakista
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inequality of status. Our two neigh
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who had earned the respect and conf
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The universal demand of the hour is
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The Chief Martial Law Administrator
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of Pakistan are bound to have their
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the emergence of these Brahmins.(g)
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army’s permanent role in the poli
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quo. The debilitating dream of a pe
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outside world, amd in spite of the
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And what do we see on 25 th July 19
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(e) It is generally known that Mr.
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Administrator stated at his press c
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11. Foreign HandProceeding on the p
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opposition in this regard; they see
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Tufail Mohammad, Amir of Jamaat-i-I
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evidence while he remained in power
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stage-managed in order to depict th
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I repeat, whatever is happening is
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said in reply. “I am all the more
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the former Chief Election Commissio
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“unacceptable” from Rafi Raza.
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in by Agha Hasan Abedi.” Only a p
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This subject is as sensitive and de
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(vi) This year, the innovation of t
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White Paper or any of its 342 annex
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engraved in deep thought. Suddenly,
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ingredient of justice. After a gall
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most powerful political party in th
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entanglement of Baluchistan. But
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Italy, another vital centre of civi
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Attaturk set up the one-party state
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optimism. He replied by saying that
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the information media by my governm
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etween the White Paper and the Spec
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In the context of the existing situ
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Masood Mahmood that the only task a
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(a) It would mean falling back on t
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She earnestly assured me that India
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is a spokesman for other powers. It
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typed to change my original notes.
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I helped the Haroons to save “Daw
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The White Paper further alleges tha
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of the political issues”. He repe
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ADDENDUMAt the stroke of midnight o
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